September 11–13, 2026Join 500+ Canadian youth aged 18–30 for three transformative days exploring how AI shapes your future. Connect with 100+ industry mentors, attend hands-on workshops, and build a community of peers passionate about creating meaningful impact in an AI-powered world.
Sparked by guidance to embrace technology and actively support one another.
3
days across the Ismaili Centre Toronto & the Aga Khan Museum
100+
Speakers & Super Connectors ready to mentor across five fields
18–30
young adults from every corner of Canada
Keynotes and sessions are organized around four threads, from finding your passion to building, scaling, and connecting.
Find where your passion meets what the world needs: your ikigai. Build real AI literacy on a foundation of pluralism, dignity, and service, and the mindset to lead with a moral compass.
The cost of building has collapsed. You can ship a product, run a real experiment, or meet a real investor in a weekend. Pitch sessions, VC office hours, and fireside chats with young founders who’ve done it.
An honest look at how AI is reshaping work, with practical reskilling frameworks, plus the skilled-trade paths becoming “gold collar”: highly skilled, better paid, and AI-resilient.
100+ Speakers & Super Connectors across health, tech, business, government, law, energy and education: high-caliber professionals here to mentor, sponsor, and open doors for you.
Speakers & mentors from
A sample of who’s in the room: young entrepreneurs alongside industry leaders at the forefront of their careers.
Generation
Chief Operating Officer
Microsoft
Director of Corporate Affairs
Northeastern University (Toronto Campus)
CEO & Dean
Head of Consumer Packaged Goods, Food & Beverage
PurposeMed
Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer
Scribeberry
Co-Founder
Ismaili Council for Canada
President
Ontario Power Generation
Category Lead
Lazer Technologies
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Sagard
Director of Engineering
Oliver Wyman
Partner
Global Keynote Speaker & Advisor
Former National News Anchor
Shopify
VP & Head of Engineering
Google DeepMind
Group Product Manager
McKinsey & Company
Senior Partner
KHAD Consulting Group
Principal
Ironman Canada
Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education
Director
Formerly WhatsApp
Head of Business Development
Entreprise de construction T.E.Q inc.
Project Manager
The Hospital for Sick Children
Chief Technology Officer
CIBC
Senior Manager, Digital
Sun-Canadian Pipe Line Company Ltd.
Environmental & Regulatory Advisor
N49P Ventures
Partner
teaBOT (YC S15)
Co-Founder & CEO
TypeFace
Chief Customer Officer
Radical Ventures
Partner
Deloitte
Senior Manager
Centennial College
Manager, National Student Recruitment
BMO Private Banking
Senior Investment Counsellor & Portfolio Manager
Parliament of Canada
MP, Vancouver Granville & Parliamentary Secretary for AI and Digital Innovation
Inertia
Founder
Wondrinn
Founder & Chief Experience Officer
Indexy
Co-Founder
Explore session times, speakers, and hands-on workshops. Choose your day and plan your weekend.
September 11–13, 2026 · Toronto · All times Eastern
Open full agendaMeet the people you’ll spend the weekend with.
Mix & Mingle: Welcome Dinner begins at 8:30 PM, after Evening Jamatkhana Ceremonies.
8:30
PM
Kick off the event at Mix & Mingle: Welcome Dinner, an engaging evening designed to connect and celebrate. The night features a welcome dinner, mocktails, a live DJ, and both standard and 360 photo booths to capture the moment. Enjoy a brief welcome address followed by AI Networking Bingo and games.
Best for: Everyone. Come meet your people before the programming starts
Friday’s welcome is at the Aga Khan Museum. Get your registration lanyard.
Choose one session at a time. Mix fields freely. All times Eastern.
Make time for lunch: available 11:30 AM–1:30 PM. Plan a break around your sessions.
7:00
AM onwards
7:00–8:00 AM
8:00–9:00 AM
Kick-off at 8:00. Council Address at 8:30.
9:00–10:00 AM
Where do your values, strengths and ambitions fit in a world changing with AI?
10:15
AM
What changes when AI can help analyze a company, evaluate an investment, or inform a financial decision? Explore the implications for the industry, and for your career.
Best for: Students exploring consulting, investment banking, investing, or financial services
Karim Thomas
Senior Partner · McKinsey & Company
Aliana Versi
Private Equity Associate · Peloton Capital Management
Alyssa Notta
Head of Market Management, Transaction Banking & Digital Assets · TD Securities
Adam Mamdani
SVP, Distribution & Channel Management · Sun Life
Hear the story behind a rapid rise into AI leadership and consider what it means for the opportunities you could pursue now.
Best for: Early-career builders who want to take initiative and grow into AI leadership
Zain Lakhani
Chief AI Officer · Pendo | Founder · LightCI
A closer conversation about trust, safety, and ethics when the stakes are higher than a convincing demo.
Best for: Builders interested in responsible AI and products where mistakes matter
Alnur Ismail
Founder, Advisor & Investor
Pull up a chair and ask professionals what their work really looks like, how they got there, and what they’d do differently.
Best for: Anyone who learns best by asking questions about tech and career paths
11:15
AM
Explore AI in hospitals, diagnostics, and patient care, including careers beyond becoming a doctor.
Best for: Students exploring medicine, health sciences, or healthcare technology
Roxana Sultan
Chief Partnerships Officer · Vector Institute
Nimira Dhalwani
Chief Technology Officer · SickKids
Muhammad Mamdani
Director, Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine · U of T
Azra Dhalla
Director, Health AI Implementation · Vector Institute
Explore the people and careers behind the next generation of energy and infrastructure.
Best for: Students drawn to engineering, sustainability, or infrastructure
Noor Alif
Environmental & Regulatory Advisor · Sun-Canadian Pipe Line
Rezvan Ahmed
Engineer · Cambridge MBA
Explore how product decisions, partnerships, and growth help great products reach new customers
Best for: Aspiring product managers, growth leaders, and founders
Naheed Hirji
Former Head of Business Development · WhatsApp
Raheem Mussa
Co-founder · Easy Appointment Booking
Look inside the work of building and scaling financial products, and where AI actually changes the process.
Best for: Students interested in finance and product building
Salim Naran
President · Questrade Growth Portfolio
Ask people in finance, consulting, and business about their work, the routes into it, and the skills that matter.
Best for: Students comparing business careers or looking for candid career advice
Medicine continues until 12:30 PM and overlaps the 12:00 and 12:15 sessions.
12:00
PM onwards
Move from “I have an idea” to the decisions involved in launching. Hear what an early-stage investor and operator looks for when a new company is taking shape.
Best for: Aspiring founders who want a clearer path from an idea to a launch
Omar Dhalla
Partner · N49P Ventures
Explore how to turn technical possibilities into products that solve a real customer problem.
Best for: Engineers, designers, and product-minded students who want to build useful things
Rehman Merali
CEO · teaBOT | CTO · Zenblen
Learn how Noor and his family came to this country, where they started, the challenges they faced, how they built their own breakfast restaurant chain to 40+ locations. This will be a very honest and hopefully a motivational session, especially for young people who may feel that their circumstances are limiting their future.
Best for: Anyone curious about different routes into business ownership
Noor Akbari
President & Founder · Coco Frutti
Bring your questions about health, money, energy, and leadership to informal conversations with professionals.
Best for: Students who want to explore several fields through direct conversation
Start times vary. The 12:00 and 12:15 talks overlap. The 12:45 options continue into the 1:00 PM sessions.
1:00
PM
When AI can write code, what should engineers learn, practise, and get better at? Explore how the value of technical work is changing.
Best for: Computer science and engineering students, developers, and aspiring technology leaders
Farhan Thawar
VP & Head of Engineering · Shopify
Asif Makhani
Co-founder · Infino AI | Former CTO · Handshake
Imtiaz Jaffer
Founder · Capacify Power Corp
Zahra Kanji
Chromebook Country Lead · Google Canada
An approachable workshop on saving, taxes, spending, and the money habits you can start building now.
Best for: Anyone who wants more confidence managing their own money
Riyaz Datoo
Campus Owner · Spirit of Math Thornhill | Tax Consultant & Private Lender
1:45
PM
The final Open Conversations rotation. Bring your questions about finance, health, energy, and careers.
Best for: Anyone who learns best by asking real people
Open Conversations continues until 2:15 PM. Leave by 2:00 PM to attend the next session in full.
2:00
PM
This plenary showcases the full range of what entrepreneurship looks like today - from a small business using AI tools to run smarter, to an AI-native company, to building new things in a large corporation.
Best for: Aspiring founders, startup employees, and anyone curious about entrepreneurship
Salim Teja
Partner · Radical Ventures
Zain Manji
Founder & Co-CEO · Lazer Technologies
Leila Keshavjee
Founder & CEO · Happy Pops
Nadiya Amlani
Global GM, Third-Party Demand · Uber
Explore practical ways to handle pressure, rejection, uncertainty, and setbacks as you pursue demanding goals.
Best for: Anyone navigating a difficult transition, ambitious goal, or uncertain next step
End time awaiting organizer confirmation.
Yusuf Khoja
Leadership & Resilience Speaker
3:00
PM
Build a personal opportunity briefing you can keep using after the Summit: an AI agent that gathers information about companies, industry news, jobs, internships, events, and people in a sector you care about.
Best for: Everyone, from first-time builders to attendees ready for a more technical challenge
Bring your laptop. Beginner and Intermediate/Advanced tracks run side by side; choose the level that matches your experience.
Amaan Rattansi
Lead instructor · Co-founder & CTO, Scribeberry
Azhar Dewji
Lead instructor · AI & Engineering, Sagard
Zayan Hussain
Lead instructor · Founder, Indexy
4:00
PM onwards
Book a focused 15-minute conversation with a founder, operator, or investor. Bring a specific challenge, decision, or question.
Best for: Attendees already building a business
Provisional time. Booking required; details to follow.
Close the day with a story about discipline, endurance, and staying committed when the goal is hard.
Best for: Anyone who wants inspiration for turning ambition into sustained effort
Kiyan Sunderji
Ironman Canada–Ottawa Champion & Entrepreneur
Office Hours overlaps the keynote from 4:30 PM. Choose an earlier appointment to catch the full keynote.
7:15
PM
Join us for AI After Hours: Gala & Social, an unforgettable evening blending connection, entertainment, and celebration. Doors open at 7:15 PM with welcome drinks, a delicious dinner, photobooth fun, and live social hall entertainment. The main program kicks off at 8:20 PM with opening remarks, engaging performances, and a headline comedy set. The party then shifts into high gear under the tent with dancing and a late-night ice cream station to keep the energy going until midnight!
Best for: Everyone
Doors open at 7:15 PM. The main program kicks off at 8:20 PM.
AI After Hours: Gala & Social features Faizal Khamisa, comedian @minorinconveniencesguy, and a DJ.
Turn a weekend of ideas into your next step. All times Eastern.
8:30
AM
Start with movement and a shared reset, led by Ironman champion Kiyan Sunderji.
Best for: Anyone ready to start the final day with some energy
Kiyan Sunderji
Ironman Canada–Ottawa Champion & Entrepreneur
9:00
AM
Fuel up before the closing session.
Best for: Everyone
9:30
AM
Who shapes the rules as AI changes how we live and work? Explore the connections between technology, policy, law, and the public good.
Best for: Students interested in public policy, law, journalism, civic leadership, or responsible technology
Taleeb Noormohamed
Member of Parliament · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation
Farah Nasser
Former National News Anchor
10:30
AM
Choose one person to reach out to, one skill to build, one opportunity to explore, and one action to take.
Best for: Everyone
11:30
AM
Closing remarks from the Vice President of Council.
Best for: Everyone
12:00
PM
Keep the conversations going over a final meal together.
Best for: Everyone
Agenda is subject to change. Check back for the latest session and timing updates.
Three days of programming, meals, AI After Hours: Gala & Social, and Super Connector access, all in one ticket.
Registration is closed
Registration closed on August 31. No registrations will be accepted at the door.
Already registered? Your spot is unchanged — check your confirmation email. Questions: ipnyouthsummit@iicanada.net
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What's included
Everything you need to know about participating in the summit.
Youth and young adults aged 18–30 from across Canada. The summit is designed around you: your questions, your ambitions, your next step.
September 11–13, 2026, hosted at the Ismaili Centre Toronto and the Aga Khan Museum.
View the full agenda for sessions, speakers, and times across September 11–13. All times are Eastern, and the schedule is subject to change.
It’s brought to life by youth leaders and community institutions: a direct response to His Highness the Aga Khan’s recent guidance to embrace technology and support one another.
A planning team of youth leaders from across the country is shaping the agenda and programming, so the summit genuinely resonates with the people in the room.
Yes. 100+ Speakers & Super Connectors across health, tech, business, government, and education are here through meet-ups, fireside chats, and drop-in labs to make career-altering connections.
Registration closed on August 31. No registrations will be accepted at the door. If you already registered, your spot is unaffected — check your confirmation email.
A limited discounted hotel block is available at the Crowne Plaza North York for $174 for 2 queen beds. Book your room here.
Please plan on arriving for 7pm for evening prayers followed by a kick off reception. Please plan on departing Sunday after 130pm.
Please email ipnyouthsummit@iicanada.net.
